The POU domain gene, XlPOU 2 is an essential downstream determinant of neural induction

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-85

  Matsuo Takasaki, Mami ^a   Lim, Jae H ^a   Sato, Sheryl M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural determination; Neural induction; POU; XlPOU 2

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032729292     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00204-X     Document Type: Article

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